''Celtis gomphophylla'' is a species of

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native to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and the Comoros.

Description

''Celtis gomphophylla'' is a tree, growing from 5 to 35 meters tall.

Range and habitat

''Celtis gomphophylla'' ranges across western, central, eastern, and southern Africa south of the Sahara, from Liberia in the west to Ethiopia in the east, and south to Angola and South Africa. The species' estimated

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(EOO) is 15,555,354 km². It grows in humid tropical lowland and montane forests, dry forests, thickets, and wooded grassland, from 20 to 1500 meters elevation.

Conservation

The tree is widespread across a large range, but is threatened with habitat loss from logging, conversion to agriculture, and human-caused fires, and is over-exploited for timber in parts of its range.

References

{{Taxonbar, from = Q12246760 gomphophylla Flora of the Afrotropical realm Plants described in 1887 Afromontane flora